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  • Understanding the Global Patrimonial Wave – ERRATUM

  • Stephen E. Hanson, Jeffrey S. Kopstein
  • Journal:
    Perspectives on Politics / Volume 20 / Issue 3 / September 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 March 2022, p. 1161
    Print publication:
    September 2022
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  • Understanding the Global Patrimonial Wave

  • Stephen E. Hanson, Jeffrey S. Kopstein
  • Journal:
    Perspectives on Politics / Volume 20 / Issue 1 / March 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 July 2021, pp. 237-249
    Print publication:
    March 2022

  • The past decade has witnessed a resurgence of patrimonial rule not only in the developing world but also, more surprisingly, in the developed West. This resurgence carries potentially dire consequences for responding to a range of pressing problems. Understanding the sources of contemporary patrimonialism is hindered by assimilating the phenomenon into the familiar democracy/autocracy typology or by assuming that it is a function of failed modernization. This article identifies the patrimonial phenomenon and explores the contemporary global diffusion of patrimonial rule from its origins in postcommunist Russia, with a focus on how patrimonialism has manifested itself in policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some signs indicate that reestablishing bureaucratic predictability and expertise may be much harder than demolishing it. In some respects, the task may be more daunting than the salvation of democracy itself.

Comparative Politics
  • Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
  • 4th edition
  • Edited by Jeffrey Kopstein, Mark Lichbach, Stephen E. Hanson
  • Published online:
    21 June 2018
    Print publication:
    21 July 2014
  • Twelve in-depth case studies of the EU and countries across the globe, written by the leading country specialists and combining insights of cutting-edge institutional analysis and deep study of national histories, explore how the concepts of interests, identities and institutions shape the politics of nations and regions. The country studies trace the global and historical contexts of political development and examine the diverse pathways that countries have taken in their quest to adapt to the competitive pressures of twenty-first-century globalization. These country studies constitute the overarching framework of the text, addressing the larger question, 'why are countries ruled and governed so differently?' Free of heavy-handed jargon, Comparative Politics inspires thought-provoking debate among introductory students and specialists alike, and encourages students to engage in real comparative analysis. In this new edition, all twelve country studies have been rewritten, and the first two theory chapters have been updated to reflect the latest research in the field.

  • 1 - What Is Comparative Politics?

  • Edited by Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto, Mark Lichbach, Stephen E. Hanson, College of William and Mary, Virginia
  • Book:
    Comparative Politics
    Published online:
    21 June 2018
    Print publication:
    21 July 2014, pp 1-14

  • Summary

    Introduction

    Imagine that you could design the political order for a country of your choosing. Where would you start? Who would get to rule? What rules for political life would you choose? Could you make rules that would be fair to everyone? If not, whom would these rules favor and whom would they disadvantage? Would they be rules that even those at the bottom of the social order, the poorest and least powerful people, would agree to? What would be the procedures for changing the rules? These are difficult questions because to answer them in a meaningful way requires an understanding of why and how different countries of the world are governed differently. With so many choices to make, it is easy to see why the job of designing a constitution would be such a difficult one.

    It could, however, be made easier. One might start by evaluating the existing possibilities as exemplified by the various forms of government in the states of the world. The state is an organization that possesses sovereignty over a territory and its people. Yet, within our world of states, no two are ruled in exactly the same way. Why should this be the case? Why are societies run, and political orders designed, in so many different ways? What consequences do these differences hold for a people’s well-being?

  • 2 - The Framework of Analysis

  • Edited by Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto, Mark Lichbach, Stephen E. Hanson, College of William and Mary, Virginia
  • Book:
    Comparative Politics
    Published online:
    21 June 2018
    Print publication:
    21 July 2014, pp 15-34

  • Summary

    Introduction

    In the previous chapter, we outlined our basic approach to comparative politics. In short, we see the world as made up of competing “regime types,” such as democracy, authoritarianism, fascism, and communism, which emerged in specific global and historical contexts and which shape domestic interests, identities, and institutions in particular ways. The success or failure of a given regime in one part of the world, in turn, can have dramatic effects on the global environment, influencing the domestic politics of other countries in powerful and sometimes surprising ways.

    Any global order thus involves competition in world-historical space and time that affects the evolution of states. Here are the questions comparativists ask: What was the competitive international situation in which a state found itself when it attempted to modernize and industrialize? Who were its principal rivals and competitors among sovereign states? In other words, who developed first, had a head start, and could serve as a benchmark? And who developed later, had to play catch-up in order not to be left behind, and hence looked for negative and positive role models?

Comparative Politics
  • Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
  • 3rd edition
  • Edited by Jeffrey Kopstein, Mark Lichbach
  • Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    21 July 2008
  • Now in its third edition, this unique textbook remains a favourite for introductory undergraduate courses in comparative politics. It features twelve theoretically and historically grounded country studies that show how the three major concepts of comparative analysis - interests, identities, and institutions - shape the politics of nations and regions. Written in a style free of heavy-handed jargon and organized to address the concerns of contemporary comparativists, this textbook provides students with the conceptual tools and historical background they need to understand the politics of our complex world. This third edition introduces completely new chapters on the European Union, France, and Nigeria.

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